The Arora Group (‘Arora’ or the ‘Group’) today announces it has made a major new signing at London Stansted Airport. The Novotel London Stansted has been signed under a franchise agreement and will be operated by Arora Hotels, a division of the Arora Group, that acquired the property in 2016.
It is anticipated that the hotel will open in summer 2017.
The hotel will undergo a major renovation programme over the coming months which will include transforming rooms to the new Novotel ‘N room’ concept launched in 2016.
This will be Arora Group’s third partnership with AccorHotels; the Group currently operates Sofitel London Gatwick and Sofitel London Heathrow.
Launched in 1967, Novotel is a 4-star international midscale brand for business &leisure travellers, with hotels located in the heart of major international cities, business districts and tourist destinations.
Speaking of the signing Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group commented: “AccorHotels is a highly prestigious international hotel group, whom we are proud to partner with on a number of our hotels, across a range of key business hubs in the UK.
“For this Stansted Airport hotel, we are delighted to be introducing AccorHotels’ Novotel brand, as an appealing destination for both business and leisure travellers in this accessible location.”
Thomas Dubaere, Managing Director of AccorHotels UK & Ireland commented: “The Novotel network in the UK is showing strong growth, with this signing complimenting two more important openings for the brand in the coming months. We are seeking further growth and our development team is actively seeking new opportunities to add to our portfolio across our brands, particularly in the economy and midscale segments. We’re very happy to expanding our successful partnership with Arora.”
Arora Hotels, a division of the Arora Group is one of the UK’s leading owner-operator of Hotels with expertise in airport and city centre hotel operations. Current hotels within the portfolio include Sofitel London Heathrow Terminal 5 and Sofitel London Gatwick (under a franchise agreement with Accor), Renaissance London Heathrow (under a franchise agreement with Marriott), Holiday Inn Heathrow Terminal 5 and the new InterContinental® London ‒ The O2, (under a franchise agreement with IHG), the Arora Hotel Gatwick/Crawley and the Hilton London Stansted Airport.
Novotel currently has 33 hotels in the UK which will have increased to 36 by summer 2017. Globally it has a network of 428 Novotels, offering 83,340 rooms across 61 countries.
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The Arora Group is a successful UK-focused private group of companies, which leverages synergies across its specialist property, construction and hotel divisions to its strategic advantage. Since 1999, the Group has built its standing through meticulously managing projects from inception to delivery and beyond. Today, it owns and manages a diverse portfolio of flagship assets across the nation’s key business locations, partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands to deliver consistently high service levels and sustainable growth. For more information please visit www.thearoragroup.com.
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